From Jeannette Walls, the bestselling author of The Glass Castle, a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Prohibition-era Virginia
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Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist celebrated for her bestselling memoir, "The Glass Castle." Her work often delves into the complexities of family relationships and the impact of life circumstances. Walls writes with a raw honesty and power that draws readers into her narratives, prompting reflection on their own experiences.







- 2023
- 2017
Das Wichtigste im Leben ist zu lernen, wie man fällt. Diesen Satz hört die Protagonistin Lily schon sehr früh in ihrer Kindheit, und das Leben lehrt sie auch, wie man nach dem Sturz wieder in den Sattel steigt. Mutig trotzt sie allen Widrigkeiten und verwandelt persönliche Niederlagen und Fehler konsequent in eine bessere Zukunft. Die Autorin Jeannette Walls verarbeitet in diesem Roman die Kindheit und das Leben ihrer Großmutter im rauen Westen der Vereinigten Staaten zu Beginn des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Unsentimental, aber lebhaft lässt sie ihre Heldin in der Ich-Form erzählen und begibt sich dabei auf die Spur des amerikanischen Mythos von Erfolg und Selbstverwirklichung. Der 2009 erschienene Roman eignet sich als Lektüre für die Klassen 10 - 12. Im Anhang der Lektüre illustrieren eine Zeitleiste und Begriffsdefinitionen den historischen Hintergrund.Diese Ausgabe bereitet auch den literarischen Aspekt des neuen Schwerpunktthemas im Abitur Englisch in Baden-Württemberg auf. Die sorgfältige annotierte Textausgabe in großem Format bietet kurze, den Lesefluss nicht unterbrechende Worterklärungen in der Randspalte, lesebegleitende Fragen zur Sicherung des Leseverständnisses sowie eine ausführliche Timeline mit Glossar mit Informationen zum soziokulturellen und historischen Hintergrund. Zu dieser Textausgabe ist folgendes Unterrichtsmodell erschienen: Schöningh, Bestell-Nr.: 041169
- 2014
A stunning, heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world - a triumph of imagination and storytelling
- 2013
The Silver Star
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
At heart Walls is a wonderful yarn-spinner...This is a page-turner, built for hammock or beach reading. Karen Valby Entertainment Weekly
- 2010
Half Broke Horses
Textbook
"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’ no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town—riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds—against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit.
- 2006
The glass castle
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing—a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
